(j26 General Monthly Meeting [Nov. 6, 



The Managers reported, That there was a vacancy in the Office 

 of the Secretary, through the decease of Colonel E. H. Grove-Hills, 

 O.M.G. F.R.S., and that at the next General Meeting on December 4 

 the vacancy will be filled in accordance with the Bye-Laws, Chapter 

 IV., Article 2. 



The Managers further reported, That the following Legacy had 

 been received : — 



W. A. M. Poynton . . £45. 



Statement on disposal of books in the Library : — 

 The congestion of the Library and the want of space for new 

 books had become a vital question. It was found that a large 

 number of old editions amounting to about 965 volumes, could be 

 disposed of, giving large additional space, without diminishing in 

 any way the utility of the Library as a whole. The Resident Pro- 

 fessor found that one of the Members, Dr. W. Rushton Parker, M.A. 

 M.D., Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, a distinguished 

 graduate in Science and Mathematics, a retired practitioner, and 

 author of original papers on medical subjects, who has a highly 

 competent knowledge of Libraries, was willing to help the Institution 

 by considering which books should be disposed of. Dr. Parker had 

 already taken exceptional interest in the Library of the Royal Institu- 

 tion, having presented no less than forty-seven volumes, which 

 constitutes him a generous benefactor. In the month of August, 

 Dr. Parker kindly agreed to take the matter in hand, and had, at a 

 great sacrifice of time and energy, devoted five to six weeks' con- 

 tinuous work in arranging for the disposal of surplus books. 



Resolved, That the special thanks of the Managers be conveyed to 

 Dr. W. Rushton Parker, M.A. M.D., Graduate of Gonville and Caius College, 

 for the advice and special service he has given in the improvement of the 

 Library, and for his handsome gift of forty-seven volumes, adding to the 

 utility of the Library ; and that this Resolution be reported to the Members 

 at their General Meeting to be held this day. 



The Peesents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

 table, and the thanks of the Members returned for the same, viz. : — 



FROM 



The Secretary of State for India — Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture, 

 Entomological Series, Vol. VIII. Nos. 7-8. 8vo. 1922. 



Report of Board of Scientific Advice, 1920-21. 8vo. 1922. 



Geological Survey : Records, Vol. LIII. Part 3 ; Vol. LIV. Part 1. 8vo. 

 1922. Palffiontologia Indica, Vol. VI. No. 2. 4to. 1922. 



Agricultural Journal, Vol. XVII. Part 4. 8vo. 1922. 



Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa : Bulletin, No. 128. 8vo. 1922. 



Report on Madras Government Museum, 1921-22. 4to. 



Kodaikanal Observatory : Bulletin, No. LXX. 4to. 1922. 



